No Apologies From Cruz Amid GOP Rift

Sen. Ted Cruz blamed fellow Republicans for failing to unite with GOP colleagues in the House during the government shutdown and didn’t rule out the possibility of using the next round of budget fights as leverage to undo the president’s health-care system.

Mr. Cruz’s comments in an interview with CNN was the latest sign of a bitter split within the GOP over the tactics that he and other conservative Republicans employed during the battle over funding the government and raising the nation’s debt ceiling.